The Stages of Development According to Dr. Montessori and an Explanation of What Happens During Each “Re-Birth”.
The Stages of development according to Dr. Montessori and an explanation of what happens during each “re-birth”.
Dr. Montessori defined 4 stages of development. She identified that within these stages of development it is intense at the beginning, consolidates and then tapers to the next stage. She talks about the re-birth of a child and describes it like passing through a kind of metamorphosis. The 1st and 3rd stages are periods of intense creation, while the 2nd and 4th stages are the calm periods of consolidation. The key to all the stages of development is the individual’s need for independence. This is expressed differently throughout the various different stages.
Dr.Montessori believed that every child goes through a period of growth where they experience a substantial transformation; she calls this a re-birth. This happens as the child moves from one stage of development into another. Just by looking at the child one can see how their characteristics have changed. The child goes through a physical metamorphose and starts to look differently and behave differently. It may almost seem as though it is a different child. They also go through a psychological metamorphose in the way in which they learn changes. Dr Montessori uses the example of the butterfly;
“As it grows it retains for a period the same form and with it a whole group of characteristics, which remain constant for a definite epoch. Then comes a period of transition, brief and critical and out comes a butterfly”. Maria Montessori, Her life and works, E.M Standling.
The four stages of development are 0-6 years, 6-12 years, 12-18years and 18-24 years. However, Dr. Montessori noticed that in each stage of development is sub-divided. She believed that in the first sub-stage the foundations were being laid down (0-3 yrs, 6-9yrs, 12-15yrs, 18-21yrs). Then in the second sub-stage (3-6yrs, 9-12 yrs, 15-18 yrs, 21-24yrs) all that was established in the previous three years is consolidated and refined. We
Dr. Montessori defined 4 stages of development. She identified that within these stages of development it is intense at the beginning, consolidates and then tapers to the next stage. She talks about the re-birth of a child and describes it like passing through a kind of metamorphosis. The 1st and 3rd stages are periods of intense creation, while the 2nd and 4th stages are the calm periods of consolidation. The key to all the stages of development is the individual’s need for independence. This is expressed differently throughout the various different stages.
Dr.Montessori believed that every child goes through a period of growth where they experience a substantial transformation; she calls this a re-birth. This happens as the child moves from one stage of development into another. Just by looking at the child one can see how their characteristics have changed. The child goes through a physical metamorphose and starts to look differently and behave differently. It may almost seem as though it is a different child. They also go through a psychological metamorphose in the way in which they learn changes. Dr Montessori uses the example of the butterfly;
“As it grows it retains for a period the same form and with it a whole group of characteristics, which remain constant for a definite epoch. Then comes a period of transition, brief and critical and out comes a butterfly”. Maria Montessori, Her life and works, E.M Standling.
The four stages of development are 0-6 years, 6-12 years, 12-18years and 18-24 years. However, Dr. Montessori noticed that in each stage of development is sub-divided. She believed that in the first sub-stage the foundations were being laid down (0-3 yrs, 6-9yrs, 12-15yrs, 18-21yrs). Then in the second sub-stage (3-6yrs, 9-12 yrs, 15-18 yrs, 21-24yrs) all that was established in the previous three years is consolidated and refined. We
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